Task 1:
You want the formula behind a certain cell value to be constantly displayed in the other cell.
To do so, write a custom function in VBA as follows:
Code:
Public Function DisplayFormula(rng As Range) As String
Displayformula = rng.Formula
End Function
Place this function in the worksheet using the interested cell as an argument
Code:
=DisplayFormula(A1)
.
Task 2:
You want to write a formula as a label, being visible and editable, and to display the result of this formula in the other cell.
Go back to VBA and write another short function:
Code:
Public Function EvaluateFormula(rng As Range) As Double
EvaluateFormula = Application.Evaluate("=" & rng.FORMULA)
End Function
Insert this function into the spreadsheet using cell with the formula as an argument. Note that the function above requires no '=' sign before or after the formula. To relax the syntax modify function in the following way:
Code:
Public Function EvaluateFormula(rng As Range) As Double
Dim str As String
str = Trim(rng.FORMULA)
If Left(str, 1) <> "=" Then str = "=" & str
If Right(str, 1) = "=" Then str = Left(str, Len(str) - 1)
EvaluateFormula = Application.Evaluate(str)
End Function
Now you can type the formula you want to evaluate with heading and trailing '=' sign, like:
Code:
'= A1+A2 =
Display values behind formula.
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Displaying cell formulae as two-dimensional mathematical equations.
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